Troyes Cathedral
The Cathedral of Troyes , Cathédrale Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul de Troyes , is the cathedral of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Troyes in Troyes in Champagne . It is one of the main works of French Gothic .
history
The cathedral stands on a site whose Christian tradition dates back to the 4th century. The first cathedral building is associated with the name of the holy bishop Lupus in the 5th century. After the destruction by the Vikings , an early Romanesque cathedral was built, which was completed around 1000.
The current Gothic construction began around 1200. The choir and transept were built in the 13th century and the nave in the 14th . Interrupted by war , fire and storm damage and a lack of money, the construction work was only finished with the west facade in the 17th century . Of the two towers, only the Petrus Tower (north tower) was completed. The planned Paulus Tower (south tower) was not built.
Construction and equipment
The cathedral, a five-aisled, cruciform basilica with ambulatory and chapel wreath , is 114 meters long and 50 meters wide. The north tower is 62.3 meters high.
The architecture is characterized by an almost complete dissolution of the upper facade walls into glass surfaces. On the transept rose window even the corner gussets behind the nave vault have been glazed.
The rich figural decoration of the portal facade was destroyed during the French Revolution . In contrast, most of the important Gothic picture windows have been preserved. They were outsourced during the two world wars.
Organs
The history of the cathedral's organs can be traced back to the 14th century. Around the year 1365 a (first) organ already existed; the instrument stood north of the choir in the first arch and was dismantled in 1792.
Today's large organ on the west gallery comes from the Cistercian monastery Notre-Dame de Clairvaux. It was built between 1731 and 1736 by the master organ builder Jacques Cochu (Châlons-en-Champagne). In 1788, the organ builder François-Henri Clicquot revised and added to the instrument , in particular with the Bourdon 32 ′ and a large battery of reeds. The organ was put up for sale in 1792 after the Notre-Dame de Clairvaux monastery had been converted into a prison during the French Revolution. The instrument was initially stored in Troyes. After the Concordat of 1801, a large tribune was built in the cathedral and the former abbey organ was installed there. The instrument was inaugurated in 1808. The organ has 65 stops on four manual works and a pedal . In 1963 the organ and in 1974 the organ case were placed under monument protection.
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The choir organ was built in 1865 by the organ builder Joseph Merklin and restored in 1987 by the organ builder Laurent Plet. The instrument has 13 stops on two manuals. The swell (Récit expressif) has a shortened length. The pedal does not have its own register.
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Bells
A four-part bell hangs in the north tower. The largest bell, the "Bourdon", is named "Petrus Carolus"; it weighs 4800 kg and has the strike note f sharp 0 . The other bells ("Paulus Anna", "Savinius" and "Maria") have the chimes G sharp 0 , a sharp 0 and h 0 .
South side
View through the nave
Window in the transept
literature
- Sylvie Balcon: La cathédrale Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul de Troyes . Paris: Center des monuments nationaux, Monum (Éditions du Patrimoine). 2001
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Histoire ( Memento of the original from June 11, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (cathedraledetroyes.com, French)
- ↑ Information on the organ ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on the cathedral website
- ↑ For disposition ( Memento of the original dated December 29, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Information on the choir organ
- ↑ Information on the bells (French)
Coordinates: 48 ° 18 ′ 1.5 ″ N , 4 ° 4 ′ 53.6 ″ E